Population & Demography

Over the last two decades there have been numerous profound changes in UK society which have had an impact on the scale, geographies, meaning and e...

Current demographic trends raise new questions, challenges and controversies. Comparing demographic trends in Europe and the NAME-region (North Afr...

The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing f...

In the coming decades, challenges and risks associated with rapid population ageing will be paramount in Asia-Pacific. Examining key trends, dilemm...

The majority of Americans live in suburbs and until about a decade or so ago, most suburbs had been assumed to be non-Hispanic White, affluent, and...

Travellers in Time re-evaluates the extent to which the earliest Mediterranean civilizations were affected by population movement. It critiques bot...

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is now so synonymous with hipster culture and the very idea of urban revitalization - so well-known from Chicago to Cambodi...

This book considers population developments in Petorca between 1840 and 1976. It points out that perceptions of the population explosion in Latin A...

This book examines the link between population growth and environmental impact and explores the implications of this connection for the ethics of p...

Based on data collected for the Generation Gap Survey in Shanghai and updated to take into account contemporary trends, this book uses an empirical...

India is the first country in the world to have an official programme for family planning that commenced in 1952. It has also seen a strong womens ...

When the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts erupted in violent protest in August 1965, the uprising drew strength from decades of pent-up frustratio...

In this compelling narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica M. Kim reexamines the rise of Los Angeles from a small t...

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of ...

Housing affordability remains a concern for Malaysia and there is a growing mismatch between supply and demand. Affordability needs to be examined...

This book provides an overview of youth labour force and workforce participation in India and explores the dynamics of changing youth labour market...

Is entrepreneurship a pathway out of poverty? Does creating a business represent a means for improving ones life circumstances? Surprisingly little...

Motivated by the rapid increase in housing demand and the population of older adults worldwide, this book provides an interdisciplinary and multi-l...

As a commercial fisher in Nova Scotia in the early 1990s, Raymond Rogers experienced the collapse of Canada's East Coast fishery first-hand. Afterw...

Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Student and Modern Workplace presents a thorough cons...

Makris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrific...